Moderna withholds 1.63 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in Japan due to contamination
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The lot with complaints had 565,400 doses and "out of an abundance of caution" Moderna has put on hold the lot and two adjacent ones.
Moderna Inc has withheld supply of about 1.63 million doses in Japan after it was notified of contamination of its COVID-19 vaccine vials with particulate matter, the U.S. vaccine maker said on August 25. The contamination, the company said, could be due to a manufacturing issue in one of the production lines at its contract manufacturing site in Spain. The lot with complaints had 565,400 doses and "out of an abundance of caution" Moderna has put on hold the lot and two adjacent ones.More Related News
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